Jazz

Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing housed in a tip-on jacket. Released as part of the Acoustic Sounds Series celebrating 70 years of Contemporary Records, The Poll Winners brings together the talents of Barney Kessel (Guitar), Shelly Manne (Drums), and Ray Brown (Bass). First released...

2023 release. Perfect for cruising down the road with the windows down and the wind whipping through your hair, this collection of classic Green Hill jazz recordings led by piano great Beegie Adair is a unique jazz tribute to road trips, nostalgic travels and...

2023 release. From listening to Peggy Lee on her mother's phonograph to eventually accompanying her on the Johnny Cash Show, jazz pianist Beegie Adair has fond memories of the great songwriter and performer. I Love Being Here With You represents a carefully crafted portrait...

Banjo. Drums. Harp. Huh? To be sure, the new all-star trio of Béla Fleck, harpist Edmar Castañeda and drummer Antonio Sánchez features instrumentation that might safely be called uncommon. Unless, of course, you’re already familiar with 19-time Grammy-winner Fleck — the genre-blurring virtuoso who...

Originally released in 1959, Ben Webster & Associates marked the last of Norman Granz's ventures showcasing tenor saxophone icons Ben Webster and Coleman Hawkins together. On this set, veteran Budd Johnson joins them on the same instrument, along with Roy Eldridge (trumpet), Les Spann...

Originally released as `The Consummate Artistry of Ben Webster' for the Norgran label in 1954, Norman Granz changed the title to `King of the Tenors' and rereleased the album on his newly minted Verve Records in 1957. Accompanied on the session by the Oscar...

Ben Webster's final American recording was one of his greatest. At 55, the tenor saxophonist was still very much in his prime but considered out of style in the States. He would soon permanently move to Europe where he was better appreciated. Webster's tone...

This 4 CD set brings together eight original albums from Ben Webster, on which he collaborates with a host of other Jazz Greats. Ideal as both a starting point for those new to Webster's work, and as a compilation more diverse in it's content...

Legendary jazz bassist Ben Williams' skill as an instrumentalist won him the Monk Competition and garnered him reviews by the New York Times and NPR. In his transcendent debut album as a singer, though, we finally meet Ben Williams as a songwriter and bandleader,...

Back with a newly formed quintet, Benjamin Lackner presents a different and exciting side of his composer-approach. Trumpeter Mathias Eick is the sole returnee from Lackner's debut, Last Decade, and can be heard in striking dualism with Mark Turner's idiosyncratic saxophone dialect, forming a...

Trombonist Bennie Green made his Blue Note debut with his delightful 1958 album, Back On The Scene, featuring saxophonist Charlie Rouse, pianist Joe Knight, bassist George Tucker and drummer Louis Hayes. From buoyant swing to Latin grooves to tender ballads the band delivers a...

Released in 1977, Bennie Maupin's second album as a leader (and first for Mercury) puts his time as part of the Headhunters on full display. The album is a satisfying blend of funk and darker textured moments supported by a solid band, including Patrice...

Bennie Maupin has been an inventive contributor to iconic records, including Miles Davis's Bitches Brew, Herbie Hancock's Mwandishi and Headhunters, and Marion Brown's Afternoon Of A Georgia Faun. His recordings under his own name have been infrequent but his leader debut, is indeed a...

Released as part of the Acoustic Sounds Series celebrating 70 years of Contemporary Records, saxophonist Benny Carter's album, Jazz Giant, features performances by Andre Previn, Shelly Manne, Barney Kessel, Ben Webster, and more. Released in 1958 and recorded by legendary engineer Roy DuNann, this...

Gone With Golson was originally released in 1959 and is saxophonist Benny Golson's fifth album. A great example of the hard-bop genre, the album includes four Golson compositions, plus "Staccato Swing" by Ray Bryant, who plays on the album, and the jazz standard "Autumn...

Limited edition of 750 numbered copies on light green coloured 180-gram audiophile vinyl. Philadelphian jazz legend Benny Golson, an American bebop/hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger, has had a long and storied career. He has played with luminaries such as John Coltrane,...

THIS COLLECTION BRINGS TOGETHER EIGHT OF LEGENDARY SAXOPHONIST BENNY GOLSON'S FINEST ALBUMS RECORDED DURING THE 1960S.Legendary jazz saxophonist Benny Golson was a prolific player, composer, and arranger, renowned for his rich tenor sound and sophisticated compositions. A key figure in the hard bop era,...

Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing housed in a tip-on jacket. In between being one of the most recorded studio drummers of all time (this "Purdie Shuffle" graced everything from Aretha Franklin to Steely Dan), Bernard Purdie squeezed in a few sessions of his own....

BBC Archivists unearthed a veritable treasure trove of Ella Fitzgerald shows recorded by the BBC. This material is now to be released, most of it for the very first time. This collection presents the best of these stunning performances including tracks from "Show Of...

Kansas City-born Hammond B3 organ dynamo Big John Patton made a stellar run of soul jazz albums for Blue Note through the 1960s but Let 'Em Roll stands among his finest with Patton adding vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson to a standard organ trio line-up with...

GRAMMY Award winning pianist Bill Charlap returns to Blue Note with a sublime new album featuring his sterling trio with bassist Peter Washington & drummer Kenny Washington. Stunning new set presents Great American Songbook standards alongside songs by great jazz composers including Billy Strayhorn,...

A guitarist's guitarist, Bill Connors has always had the admiration of his peers, drawing praise for his left-hand vibrato, his sense of space, his liquid phrasing, the way he lingers on a note - all qualities evident on this 1977 recording. Jazz Journal: "The...

Bill Evans Trio

From Bill Evans' first-ever performance at a concert hall in New York City comes. At Town Hall, Volume One. Featuring the sensitive accompaniment of Chuck Israels on bass and Arnold Wise on drums. Included is a 13-minute solo suite dedicated to the memory of...

BILL EVANS – BEHIND THE DIKES – THE 1969 NETHERLANDS RECORDINGS (LIMITED 3LP GATEFOLD EDITION) – FIRST OFFICIAL RELEASE OF HISTORIC CONCERTS IN HOLLAND!Behind The Dikes: The 1969 Netherlands Recordings is the first official release of pianist Bill Evans with Eddie Gomez and Marty...

Verve acoustic sounds series

To this day, jazz pianists are influenced by Bill Evans by his use of impressionist harmony, interpretation of traditional jazz repertoire, and his trademark rhythmically independent, 'singing' melodic lines. Evans gained his first spotlight when joining Miles Davis' sextet during the time Kind of...

Ranked time after time as one of the best live jazz recording sessions in history, and yielding two of Evans' most classic albums (Waltz for Debby, Sunday at the Village Vanguard), The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings, 1961 represents the pinnacle of spontaneous musical communication:...

Acclaimed jazz artist Bill Evans' Momentum album is the 1972 live album recorded at a concert at Stadsschouwburg in Groningen, the Netherlands. The trio includes, next to Bill Evans on piano, Eddie Gomez on bass and Marty Morell on drums. The ensemble plays compositions...

Bill Evans Trio - On A Friday Evening - Craft Recordings - Newly discovered live performance by the Bill Evans Trio, featuring Eddie Gomez - bass and Eliot Zigmund - drums. The previously unreleased concert took place on June 20, 1975, at Oil Can...